Blockchains

Node operators are being told to use software without the scheduled fork, while mainnet activation remains undecided.

The non-binding vote does not approve a network transition. StarkWare hopes to release a draft whitepaper in November.

Hourly activity cooled into Oct. 22 after daily active addresses reached 571,767; transaction counts rose much less sharply.

Transactions and user-paid fees also rose as the Ethereum Layer 2 recorded 629,142 active addresses on Oct. 21.

HSP-029 would lower issuance over 24 months after a 90-day grace period, but validators must separately adopt a network upgrade.

Ethereum's gross annualized staking yield fell to 2.63% from 2.81%, while Solana also saw more stake and lower returns.

The Chrome-only wallet combines private balances, Ledger signing and multisig accounts, with a recovery phrase for backup.

Base adds a block every 2 seconds and Flashblocks confirm transactions every 200 milliseconds. That changes how apps read state, stream data, query history and submit transactions, and what they should check in an RPC provider.

Traders and app developers can use published gas budgets for orders, cancellations, deposits and withdrawals instead of simulating each transaction.

DAC, a quantum-resistant Layer-1 blockchain project, highlighted the need for post-quantum security as Italy inaugurated its first Quantum Supercomputer and industrial quantum annealer, Volta B1, at the Digital Innovation Forum 2026.